School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór

Location:
Kells, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máthais Íde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 193

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  1. The late Mr. James Martin who died about three years ago (April 1935) at an advanced age, told one of the nuns in Kells Convent that he knew a man (1913) living in Kells who in his youth was told by an aged man that he once served Mass in the open air in Mullaghcreppy, one of the town parks lying in the direction of Loyd.
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      1. historical persons (~5,068)
        1. Cromwell (~315)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
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    Teresa Stone
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    Mr James Martin
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  2. When Cromwell went to Clonmel, he was met by a chieftain named Hugh O'Neill and some Ulstermen.
    He besieged the town and also bribed one of O'Neill's officers to open one of the gates and
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